Naacp Asks Members To Avoid Adam's Mark

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February 24, 2000

ST. LOUIS - The NAACP called for its members and other organizations Wednesday to stop doing business with the Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts chain, amid allegations of racial discrimination. Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also criticized the hotel's parent company for refusing to meet with lawyers for the NAACP or the Florida attorney general to resolve a class-action suit. ``I am shocked that representatives of the Adam's Mark are refusing to meet with the Florida attorney general,'' Mfume said. Paul Hancock, deputy attorney general for South Florida, confirmed Wednesday that mediations on the class-action suit had stalled.